Relaxing @ MindSay

I had to work a Fairytale Party with my sister today and it was kinda rough to say the least. Trying to corral a bunch of three year olds is like trying to corral flies!

 

Anyway, I'm finally chilled out and relaxed. I'm listening to old school R&B and digging how these bands were so damned good.  Right now, The Isley Brother's Voyage to Atlantis is playing.  This song always makes me want to have a glass of wine and make slow love. The opening guitar solo is so friggin' hypnotic! I'm debating waking up the husband!!!!

 

 

 

Audio of Voyage to Atlantis.

 

 

 

So ... we're off to Charleston and parts South!  Hope to report in from time to time!

 

*waving as we fly overhead of some of you*

 

~ B

It will be time to go to bed in a few hours, and tomorrow a new work week will begin.  But for now, I'm just basking in the afterglow of a nice weekend.  I worked my ass off yesterday cleaning the house and getting all the weekend chores taken care of.  My parents came by for a visit this morning to help me plant some lilac bushes in the backyard to jazz up the non-existant landscaping at my house.

 

I didn't have a shovel or a spade so we all piled into the car for a trip to Wal-Mart to find the gardening tools and some essential cooking supplies that were lacking from my bachelor home.  I don't see what's so strange about the fact that I have lived here for over four months and still don't have any salt, pepper, flour, shortening, or measuring cups.  But all that changed today, ha!

 

So while my Dad worked in the yard and my Mom started dinner in the kitchen, I set about to unsealing the windows that had been painted shut by the previous owners.  I was using a putty knife and a hammer to chisel open the first window and was going nowhere fast.  I got it all done excpet for one spot that wouldn't budge.  After pounding on the blasted thing and working up quite a sweat, my Dad came in and said, "Oh look, I think that's a screw you're trying to chip through."

 

And sure enough he was right.  The previous owners had not only painted the window shut, but also drilled a screw through the top of the window panel to lock it in place.  Needless to say, things worked a whole lot better once I removed the screw.  Good grief, thank goodness we can laugh at ourselves.

 

After the windows, I fastened some hooks to the front porch and hung two flower baskets which my Mom said were impatiens, but all I can say is that they were red.

 

A little later my brother and his wife arrived for the dinner my Mom had prepared: chicken, biscuits, and gravy.  The food was fantastic, the conversation was laid back, and all was well.  This was the first time my house served as the meeting place for a family get together and I'm glad it went well.

 

At the end of the day, everyone went home and now the cats and I can kick off our shoes and resume our bachelor life. 

 

 

Oh yeah you can tell it is Saturday .
first off because that is what it says on the calender  I promise I just looked at it .
Any way another way to tell it is Saturday ...Mindsay   Does not have much action going on.
Yeah it is kinda boring right  now.

However at the same time ...you gotta love  the  calm of a Saturday afternoon .
It is a very relaxing afternoon here .
Even though I still kind of feel yucky from this virus that I have.
I do feel much better than yesterday .
And I am very much enjoying  the quiet  calm that is  going  on right now.
It puts me at ease  and relaxes me so much I feel like taking a nap.
And I never take naps.

Well ok that is it for now I hope each and everyone of you are enjoying the  weekend.

Watching the Suns and Cavs on ABC.  Well, it just ended.  Good game, although the Suns pulled away and won pretty decisively.


The Spurs and Lakers are about to play, and I'm going to watch that game, too.  A day of sitting in front of the tv watching sports is my idea of perfection.  This doesn't make me lazy.  I just appreciate being able to kick back and do what I enjoy.